Japan Synopsis
“An ancient curse has turned their lives into a nightmare of lust and revenge.”
At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.
The 1981–1983 Japan Window
68 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The House Where Evil Dwells sits at position #67.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The House Where Evil Dwells. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The House Where Evil Dwells premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,532 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (1st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #370 of 391 (top 95%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Cohen, Commercial Credit Holdings, Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 28m |
| Release Date | May 14, 1982 |
| IMDb | tt0084096 |